THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF THE APPLICATION OF CONDITIONAL EARLY RELEASE IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND THE LEGISLATION OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Scientific work focuses on examining the institution of parole within the criminal legislation of the CIS countries, as well as in other foreign countries. The object of research in the scientific article is the institute of parole, in connection with which the subject of the study is the legal provision of this institute according to the legislation of the states that are part of the CIS, as well as former members of the Soviet Union and having common historical roots of the development of law with Kazakhstan. The purpose of the article is to analyze the institution of parole in criminal legislation, identify its general and specific features, and develop scientifically sound proposals for improving the legal regulation of parole in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The paper presents the opinions of scientists regarding the content of the institute under study. The paper presents the views of scientists regarding the content of the institute under study. At the same time, the authors of the work agree with the opinion regarding the motivational, encouraging nature of the use of the institution, rather than considering it as a conditional measure, a sanction or a consequence of the principle of humanism. The institution of parole is a relevant means of influencing persons against whom criminal penalties are applied. It encourages convicts to engage in lawful behaviour, maintain public order, and adhere to the regime of the correctional institution. Features of the legislative experience of the countries reviewed make it possible to identify common characteristics with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in terms of material and formal grounds for applying the institution of parole, as well as subjects who have the opportunity to submit a petition to the judicial authority to serve the term assigned by the court verdict early. In some countries, special attention is paid to persons under the age of majority. In this regard, the formal basis for issuing a judicial act to serve a criminal sentence early is determined by the convicted person's attitude towards their studies and academic discipline. The criminal legislation of certain states differs in that it imposes significant restrictions on subjects for whom it is possible to end the term imposed by a court verdict early: those convicted of minor crimes and who have maintained lawful behaviour during the actual serving of the term. The scientific work contains recommendations based on an analysis of the legislative experience of the countries considered to improve the legal regulation of the application of the institution of parole in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the process of writing the article, such methods as the method of comparative law, logical and general scientific methods were applied.

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